Horizontal boring and milling machine



l Feb, '24, 1942.

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f. V v INVENTOR. ,l" 'l f' JJ HAM/s/Yr-PHA/v V' 991 BY ,law/MQW# ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 2,4, 1942 HORIZONTAL BORING AND MILLING MACHINE nella N. stephan.' cleveland Heights, ohio, as; signor to The Lucas Machine Tool Company, Cleveland, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application March 7, 1941, Serial No. 382,204l

5 Claims. (Cl. 10-154) The present invention relates to machine Atools and more particularly to horizontal boring and milling machines.

The principal object of the present invention is the provision of a novel drive and feed for la horizontal boring machine spindle whereby threads can be exactly duplicated on either the same or successive pieces of work even though the operative connection between the drive and feed mechanisms is broken in the interim, thus permitting a thread cutting tool carriedJ by the spindle to be rapid-traversed axially by va rapid traverse mechanism and again fed along the same path or thread irrespective of whether the spindle is rotating or at rest or at what speed the spindle is rotating while it is being rapidtraversed.

other end of the base or bed A, slidably supported on horizontal ways I2 and I3 formed on the upper side ofthe bed, which ways alsovslidably support the saddle E having ways thereon which in turn support the work table F. A backrest block G is slidably supported for vertical movement along ways formed on the backrest column D.

The spindle head C which is counterbalanced,

" as is common practice, by a weight,- not shown,

is adapted to be moved vertically along the ways I and Il by a vertical lead screw il the lower end of which is rotatably Supported in the base A while the upper end thereof is supported by a bracket I attached to the top of the spindle head column B. The threads of thelead screw i4 engage with a suitable nut, not shown, fixed inthe spindle head. The tool spindle, desigvision of a novel horizontal drilling Aand boring l "machine capable of exactly duplicating threads in the same or successive, pieces of work andv comprising spindle drive and feed mechanisms whereby the spindle can be rapid-traversed axially by a rapid-traverse mechanism and again fed along the same path or thread 'irrespective of whether the spindle is rotating or at rest or at what speed the spindle is rotating while it isbeing rapid-traversed. l

- The present invention'resides in certain details of lconstruction and combinations and arrangements of parts, and further objects and advantages thereof will be apparent to those skilled in the art to which thepresent invention relates from-the following description of the preferred embodiment described with reference to the accompanying drawings forming a partl of vthis speciiication and in which: l

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a horizontal bor- -ing and milling machine embodying thepresent invention;

Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic view of that partof the gearing for rotating and reciprocating thespindle which is located in the spindle head;

Fig. 3 is a horizcntalsectional view through a portion of the spindle head;

Fig. 4 isa sectional view on the lin'e l-l of Fig. 3; and

nated generally by the reference character 20, is adapted to be driven and fed by a reversible drive and feed motor enclosed within a guard 2i at the left-hand end of the machine. The drive and feedmotor is connected to the drive and feed mechanism in the spindle head by a vertical splined kshaft 22 to the lower end of which the motor is operatively connected by speed change gearing located in a suitable gear box 23 supported in the base A.

The spindle 20 is slidably supported ina spindle quill 24 which is in turn rotatably supported in the spindle head C,.arid the upper end of the vertical drive shaft 22 is operatively connected to the spindle -quill through back gears, designated generally by the reference character H.

located-in the spindle head; 'Ifhe back gears H include a gear cluster comprising the'gears 25 and 26 splined on a shaft 21 the left-hand end of which, as viewed in Fig. 2, carries a bevel gear '28 in mesh with a bevel pinion 29 splined on the verticalvshaft 22 so as to permit verticalmovement of the spindle head. The gears 25 and 26 are adapted to be selectively meshed with the Y '.gears 30 and 3l,`lrespectively, of a gear cluster gears 25 and 2B is adapted to Abe vshifted 'along- I outboard support column D is .provided at the '55 fixed to the spindle quill. To obtain a high 1 speed drive the gear 26 can be meshed with agear432 on a shaft 33 which shaft isin turn connected to the spindle quill 24 by a flexible drive connection 35. The gear cluster comprising the the shaft 21 by a hand lever 36 nxed to the forward end of a short shaft journaled in the spindle head, the rear end of which shaft cax'-, ries a yoke member' engageable with the gear cluster.-

,The machine thus far described is similar to that described in a copending application of H.

M. Lucas et al. Serial No. 243,616 illedDecembe 2, i938, entitled Boring machine," and only those parts of the machine which are necessary to a complete understanding of the present invention areherein shown and described in detail.

The spindle 28 isadapted to be fed or rapidtraversed in either direction by a lead screw 39 rotatably supported in the spindle head exten-` sion 48 and having threaded engagement with a two-piece nut 4|. located within the feed slide 42 vadjacent to the left-hand end of the spindle 28 mediumof spur gears 43 and 44, the former of I which is fixed to the left-hand end of the spindle quill while the latter is fixed to the right-hand end of a shaft 45 journaled in the spindle head and forming the driving shaft of a feed speed change transmisison, Adesignated generally by the reference character K, housed within a suitable gear box in the spindle head. The gear 46 which forms the driving element of the feed change transmission K is operatively connected to a horizontal shaft 41 journaled in the spindle head through the medium of a gear 4 8 which forms the low speed element of an overrunning clutch transmission. In addition to being driven through the feed change transmission K, the

shaft 41 is adapted to be selectively rotated at a high rate of speed in either direction by the reversible rapid traverse motor 49, which motor is operatively connected to the high speed elef ment 58 of the overrunning clutch transmission.

The gear 48 is rotatably supported on the shaft 41 and has xed thereto the driving element 5|, see Fig. 3, of a normally engaged toothed clutch L the driven element 52 of which is splined on the shaft 41. The left-hand end of the driven ele-ment 52 of the clutch L has a plurality of sloping teethor cam surfaces 53 formed thereon which teeth cooperate with similar teeth 54 on the high speed driving-member 58 formed integral with the hub of a, bevel' gear 55 rotatably supported on the shaft 41 and continuously in mesh with abevel gear 56 fixed on the for- Ward end of a shaft 51 connected to the armature shaft of the motor 49 by gears 58 and 59.

The driven member 52 of the overrunning clutch transmission is continuously urged to- Wards the left' by.,a compression spring 68 interposed therebetween and an abutment'on the shaft 41'. The construction is such that the shaft 41- `is normally connected' to the feed cha-nge transmission K through the normally engaged clutch L andthe, gears `48 and 46, with the gear 55 rotating'at the same speed as the shaft 41 due to the engagement of the teeth 53 and 54.

Upon energization of the rapid -traverse motor A49, the gear 55 is rotated at atl-righ rate'of speed vwhich is preferably much' hlgiier than the normal speed of thev shaft 41. This difference in speed causes the teeth 53 of the slidable clutch element 52 to climb the teeth 54 of the high speed element 58, with the'result that the slidablefclutch element 52 is moved towards the right, disengaging the clutch L whichjn turn disconnects the low speed drive. Thereafter, the shaft 41 rotates at the same high speed as the gear 55. Movement of the member 52 towards the right is limited by the compression spring 68. The construction of the cooperating teeth .53 and 54 is such that they are never permitted to clear each other. Both sides of the teeth 53 and 54 are inclined so as to make the device operable for either direction of rotation of the motor 49.A Upon deenergization of the motor 49,

5 the spring 68 reengages the clutch L and reconnects the feed change transmission -to the 'shaft 41 in place of the rapid traverse motor 49.

The shaft 41 is adapted to be operatively connected to a horizontal shaft 65 journaled in the l spindle head and extending substantially the length thereofthrough the medium of a gear cluster comprising gears 66 and 61, the former of which is 'in mesh with a gear 68 journaled on the shaft 65 and the latter with a gear 69 which l in turn meshes with a gear 18 also journaled on the shaft 65. The gear 69 is journaled on a jack shaft 1| and the gear 10 rotates in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation of the gear 68. Figure 2 is diagrammatic and 69 is shown at the opposite side of shaft 65 Whereas actually it is underneath gears 61 and 18 and in mesh with both and gear 61 is not in mesh with gear 18. The gears 68 and 18 are adapted to be selectively connected to the shaft 65 by a shiftable clutch element 12 splined on the shaft 65 between the gears 68 and 18, opposite ends of which clutch element are provided with clutch teeth adapted to be engaged with similar clutch teeth formed on the adjacent sides of the gears. The clutch element 12 is normally maintained in an intermediate orvneutral position by a pair of springs 13 and 14 but is adapted to be shifted towards the left to drive the shaft 65 from the gear 68 or towards the right to connect the gear 18 with the shaft 65 by electric solenoids 15 and 16, respectively.

The armature of the solenoid 15 is connected to a slidable member 11 provided with an inclined cam slot 18 within which a. roller carried by a longitudinally slidable bar or rod 88 en-l cam slot 8| in the member 82 corresponding to the member 11 is inclined in the opposite direction to the slot 18. The lower ends of the cam slots 18 and 8| arewidened so that the operation of one of the members 11 and 82 will not be interfered with by the other. The slidable mem'- ber 88 has a clutch yoke fixed to the right-handv end thereof which engages in a groove formed in the shiftable clutch member 12. The solenoids 15 and 16`correspond to solenoids 3|| and 3|2 of the machine disclosed in said application Serial No. 243,616 and are preferably energized in the same manner.

The left-hand end of the shaft is connected to a gear through themedium Vof an auto- 60 matic release overload clutch of conventional construction, designated generally by the reference character 86.'- The gear 85 is normally in m'esh with a gear 81 journaled on a short shaft 88 fixed in the end of the spindle headextension 85 48. The gear 81 is 'in turn continuously in mesh witha gear 88 fixed to a short shaft 98 rotatably supported`v by anti-friction bearings in the end of thef'spindle head xtensionand operatively -=`onnected"through the medium of a pin 92 to the 10 left-hand end of the lead screw 39. When the `the driving gear 94 is rotatably supported on the durch the driven dement 95 of which is nxed to the gear 94 while the driving element 96 is formed integral with the gear 85, which gear is splined on the driven member 91 of the automatic release overload clutch 86. The gear 85 is adapted to be shifted towards the left as viewed in the drawings by a manual shift lever 98 to engage the cooperating teeth of the clutch elements 95 and 96 and thus operatively connect the shaft.65 to the lead4 screw 39 through the medium of the change. gears M. At the same time that the gear 85 is shifted to theleft to engage the clutch comprising the elements 95 and 96, the gear 85 is moved out of mesh with as well as to,return the tool to a position clear It will be apparent from the foregoing that the feed will be re-engaged automatically at the same position in relation to the thread as it occupied prior to the rapid-traverse movement irrespective of the direction in which the rapid-traversel movement is effected. In other words, with the 'present construction the tool spindle can be rapid-traversed to bring the tool up to the work of the work.

As will be apparent-to those skilled in the art to which the present invention relates the machine illustrated includes various operations and movements Vother than those specifically referred to herein. Except for the differences pointed out herein, the machine shown is similar to the machine shown in the aforementioned application Serial No. 243,616 and many of the operations the gear l81., thus disconnecting the drive between the shaft 65 and the'lead screw 39 through the gears 81 and 89. The lever 98 is fixed to the forward end of a short shaft 99 rotatably supported in a bracket |99 fixed to the end of the Aspindle head extension. The rear end of the shaft 99 is provided with a yoke member I9I which engages over the gear 85. y

`The right-hand end of the shaft 65 isl operatively connected to a spindle feed hand wheel |92, a crank |93, and fixed and adjustable dials, etc. This; mechanism per se forms no part of the present invention and preferably is similar to that 1 disclosed in the aforesaid application Serial No. 243,616.

In cutting-threads with the machine shown,l

the movable clutch element 12 is shifted to oper-l atively connect the gear 68 to drive the shaft 65 and the ratio of the feed change transmission K is so selected that there is a definite positive geared relation between the number of revo vlutions of the tool spindle 29 and the number of revolutions ofthe lead screw 39. Thereafter these parts must not be-disconnected or changed so long as it is desired to duplicatejany particu--l lar thread. The clutch L shown comprises two teeth, or, in -other words, the clutch is engageable in one of two positions, in which event the ratio of the feed change transmission K is so selected that the tool spindle 29 makes one revolution for each one-half revolution of the gear 48. The tool will always be engaged at the same position in relation to' the cut no matter in whichfof the two positions the clutch L engages. It is to be understood -that theclutch L may be so constructed as t-o have one or more engageable positions and asthe number( of engageable positions are controlled from a pendant control station P similar to that disclosed in said application.

From the foregoing description of the preferred embodiment of the invention, it will be apparent that the objects heretofore enumerated and others have been accomplished and that there has :been provided aV novel horizontal boring and milling machine capable `of exactly duplicating threads in the same or successive pieces of work and in which the spindle can be returned to starting position or to a position clear'of the work, as the case may be, after cutting a thread at a rapid-traverse rate without regard to whether or not the spindle is rotating or the speed at whichthe spindle is` rotating. While the preferred embodiment of the invention has been described in considerable detail, the invention is not limited to the particular construction shown which construction may-be varied without departing from the present invention as will be readily understood by those skilled in the art to which the invention relates.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In a horizontal boring and milling machine of the character described, the combination of a vertically movable spindle head, a horizontal tool spindle rotatably supported in said spindle head,

varies, the ratio selected by the feed change 49 is energized to rotate the lead screw 39 inA the reverse direction'and at a high rate of speed.

YUpon energization ofthe rapid-traverse motor 49 the cam teeth`53 and 54 will slide the drivenelement 52 of the clutch L out 'o f engagement with the driving element 5l, and since the driven element 52 is splined to the shaft 4l the spindle will be returned to starting'position or to a position clear of the work, as the case may be, at a rapidtraverse rate. When the rapid-traverse .jmotor is stopped, the normal feed will be re-en-i gaged at the same position in relation to the thread as it occupied prior to the rapidtraverse movement. f

means for rotating said tool spindle, power means I for moving said tool spindle axially, said lastynamed means comprising a normally engaged lclutch and means for rotating the driving eletoothed clutch and means for rotating the driving element of said clutch at a relatively slow speed which speed is equal to the speed of the tool spindle divided by the number of alternative positions in which the clutch may be engaged', means for disengaging said clutch, a second means for moving said tool spindle axiallyI and means for again engaging said clutch.

2. In a horizontal boring and milling machine of the character described, the combination of a vertically movable spindle head, a horizontal tool spindle rotatably supported in said spindle head, means for rotating said tool spindle, means for moving said tool spindle axially, said last-named means comprising a normally engaged toothed ment of said clutch at a relatively slow speed which speed is equal to the the speed of the tool spindle divided by the number of alternative p0- sitions in which the clutch can engage, l'means for moving said tool spindle axially at a relatively fast speed, means for automatically disengaging said clutch upon actuation of the last-named means, and means for again engaging said clutch upon deenergization of said means. i

3. In a horizontal boring and milling machine of the character described, the combination of a vertically movable spindle head, a horizontal tool spindle rotatably supported in said spindle head, means for rotating said tool spindle, means including a normally engaged toothed clutch for moving said tool spindle axially,` means for driving one element of said clutch at a relatively slow speed which speed is equal to the speed 'of the tool spindle divided by the number of alternative positions in which the clutch canengage, means including an electric motor for-moving said tool spindlev axially at a relatively fast speed, means for automatically disengaging said clutch upon actuation of said electric motor, and means for again engaging said clutch automatically upon deenergization of said electric motor.

4. In a horizontal boring and milling machine of \the character described, the combination of a vertically movable spindle head, a horizontal tool spindle rotatably supported in said spindle head, means for rotating said tool spindle, means including a normally engaged toothed clutch for moving vsaid tool spindle axially, means for driving one element of said clutch at a relatively slow speed which speed will be equal to that of the spindle divided by the number of alternative positions in which the clutch can engage, means including a reversible electric motor for moving said tool spindle axially at a relatively fast speed.

means for automatically disengaging said clutch upon actuation of said electric motor, and means for again engaging said clutch automaticallyupon deenergization of said electric motor.

5. In a horizontal boring and milling machine of the character described, the combination of a vertically movable spindle head, a horizontal tool spindle rotatably supported in said spindle head, means for rotating said tool spindle, means including a, normally engaged toothed clutch having two alternative engageable positions for moving said tool spindle axially, means for driving one element of said clutch yfrom said tool of said clutch elements at'a relatively fast speed, means for automatically disengaging said clutch upon actuation of said electric motor, and means for again engaging said clutch automatically upon deenergization .of said electric motor.

HALLIS N. STEPHAN. 

